Abu Dhabi foils bid to smuggle 7.8 kg of narcotics

Abu Dhabi Customs has foiled two attempts to smuggle narcotics weighing 7.8kg in two different operations at Al Ghuwaifat customs post and Abu Dhabi International Airport Customs Post.

Inspectors at Al Ghuwaifat, in collaboration with the anti-drugs department, subjected two Asian truck drivers to a technical inspection at the customs’ post truck exit point.

After scanning the first truck, inspectors found a high density substance in a cabinet behind the radio containing 372 capsules of heroin weighing 3.8kg.

In the second truck, specialists detected a strange substance professionally hidden behind the driver’s seat, which was found to be a narcotic substance weighing almost 973.4 grammes.

In another operation, customs inspectors and employees from the anti-drugs department at Abu Dhabi International Airport suspected an Asian traveller coming from a South American country. When subjected to inspection, a white substance was found which turned out to be 3.8kg of narcotics inside four plastic bags wrapped in a professional manner in the traveller’s bag.




 

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